This bill amends section 303 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 by adding a new subsection. Under the new rules, federal agencies with DPA authority must identify workforce and skills gaps that affect the domestic industrial base for national defense. Agencies that give financial assistance under Title I or related DPA authorities may direct recipients to use part of the assistance to recruit, train, place, or retain workers in defense‑critical occupations tied to the funded work. Recipients must keep records of performance standards for workers who are recruited, trained, placed, or retained with that assistance. Agencies must also include in the Defense Production Act Committee's annual report a discussion of the identified gaps and use-of-funds authority, plus short‑term and long‑term recommendations to reduce those gaps, including recommendations on workforce training programs and apprenticeships. The bill also makes a minor textual correction to the short title wording of the Defense Production Act.
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The bill's stated purpose is to address workforce and skilled labor needs for the national defense by allowing DPA-related financial assistance to be used for recruiting, training, placing, and retaining workers and by requiring agencies to identify gaps and report recommendations.
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